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Afghans clash with suspected Taliban in Kabul, 2 dead - 30, Apr 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces clashed with a group of suspected Taliban militants holed up in a house close to Kabul's old city on Wednesday, witnesses and police said.
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Cost issues and war sap U.S. military readiness: lawmaker - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday called for urgent improvement of the U.S. military's readiness, saying the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and cost overruns in weapons programs had sapped its ability to respond quickly to a crisis
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Democrat Obama "outraged" by former pastor - 30, Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, trying to quell a political firestorm that has roiled his presidential campaign, strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday and called his racially charged comments "appalling."
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New U.S. carrier in Gulf a "reminder" to Iran: Gates - 30, Apr 2008
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy has temporarily added a second aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a "reminder" to Iran, but this was not an escalation of American forces in the region, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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WSJ editor's resignation process flawed: committee - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A committee to protect editorial integrity at The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday it will be more active in the search of a new managing editor for the paper after being blindsided by the resignation of Marcus Brauchli.
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UAL pilots leader pans possible merger with US Air - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "toxic stew" of problems with pilots and other issues at US Airways Inc would imperil any merger between that carrier and United Airlines, the leader of the United pilots' union said on Tuesday.
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Citigroup to sell $3 bln in stock; shares fall - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday it plans to sell $3 billion of common stock to bolster its capital levels, sending its shares down in after-hours trading.
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Sanofi Q1 oper profit falls 7 pct, keeps targets - 30, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on Wednesday posted first-quarter net sales down 3.3 percent and operating profit down 7.2 percent, hit by generic rivals and a weak dollar, but maintained its outlook.
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Oil steady after dollar-induced dive - 30, Apr 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Oil dipped on Wednesday, a day after the rallying dollar triggered the market's sharpest fall in four weeks, as traders waited to see whether the U.S. Federal Reserve would signal an end to its interest rate cuts.
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Investors see recession, Wall Street depression - 30, Apr 2008
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may be in a funk, but that's nothing compared with the pall hanging over Wall Street.
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Fed seen set to lower rates, may signal pause - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by a modest quarter percentage point on Wednesday and may suggest the rate-cutting cycle it kicked off last fall has reached an end.
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"Grand Theft Auto 4" hits the streets - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale on Tuesday, with fans lining up to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
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DreamWorks' Katzenberg disappointed with 3D talks - 30, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - DreamWorks Animation SKG Chief Executive Jeffrey Katzenberg on Tuesday said he was disappointed with the pace at which movie theater chains were moving to deploy digital and 3-D technology.
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Drinking dulls the brain's response to threats - 30, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drinking alcohol dulls the brain's ability to detect threats, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study that helps explain why people who are drunk cannot tell when the guy at the end of the bar is angling for a fight.
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New genes for osteoporosis may help guide treatment - 30, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for genes that raise the risk of osteoporosis found seven different sequences associated with the bone-thinning disease, and one team found two that might predict the risk for 20 percent of people.
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Sweet reviews for Madonna's "Hard Candy" - 30, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - As parting gifts go, Madonna's 11th studio album -- and her last before she exits long-term record label Warner Bros. -- is unusually generous, if early reviews are to be believed.
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Wagner grandson to quit as opera festival chief - 30, Apr 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Richard Wagner's grandson has agreed to resign as head of Germany's Wagner festival in August after a 57-year reign, a spokesman said on Tuesday, announcing a decision which could help end an epic family battle.
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French court says it cannot ban Mosley orgy video - 30, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court said on Tuesday it had no power to ban a British newspaper from posting on its Web site a video showing world motorsport chief Max Mosley in what the paper described as a Nazi-style orgy with prostitutes.
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For sale: lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" - 30, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the hit song "Give Peace a Chance" will go under the hammer at auction in July and are expected to fetch 200-300,000 pounds ($400-600,000), Christie's said on Tuesday.
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Families tell U.S. lawmakers of heparin deaths - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who said he lost his wife and a son to reactions from tainted heparin made with ingredients from China urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to protect patients from other unsafe drugs.
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Beijing marks 100-day countdown to Games - 30, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing on Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the Olympics with songs, a mass run and even prayers, hoping to put behind it the tumultuous events of the past month which have taken much gloss off its preparations.
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Bush says no magic wand to lower fuel prices - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday there was no "magic wand" to bring down record-high fuel prices but would consider a proposal to suspend federal gasoline taxes this summer -- an idea that has divided the 2008 president
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Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday.
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Family in Austrian incest case united - 30, Apr 2008
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - The family of an Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered seven children with her have been united for the first time in what doctors described as an "astonishing" gathering.
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Obama strongly denounces former pastor - 30, Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama strongly denounced his former pastor on Tuesday, saying he was outraged by assertions made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright about the U.S. government and race that have disrupted Obama's presid
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Countrywide, GMAC post big losses on mortgages - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp and GMAC LLC, which run the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, posted big first-quarter losses on Tuesday, hurt by credit problems as the nation's housing slump deepens.
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Auto retailers struggle to offset new car slump - 30, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Major U.S. auto retail groups on Tuesday posted quarterly results that underscore their mixed success in offsetting pressure from slumping new vehicle sales through sales of used cars, financing and service operations.
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Oil slumps on dollar, easing supply fears - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell sharply on Tuesday, retreating from a record high as a rebound in the dollar spurred selling and as fears over a rash of global supply disruptions began to recede.
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Fed seen cutting rates as consumer hopes swoon - 30, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting on Tuesday that was expected to end with a small interest rate cut that could be the last in a string of reductions dating to mid-September.
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Confidence slumps as home prices post record fall - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell to a five-year low this month as Americans confronted the grimmest jobs outlook since late 2004, while data also showed a record drop in home prices in February.
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Market wavers as drugs weigh; Citi down late - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended little changed on Tuesday as setbacks for two drugs weighed down the pharmaceutical sector, offsetting the relief from a retreat in record high crude oil prices.
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Cholesterol-drug rejection rips new gash in Merck - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confidence in Merck & Co's earnings prospects withered on Tuesday, along with its stock price, after U.S. regulators surprisingly rejected the drugmaker's treatment to raise levels of "good" HDL cholesterol.
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"Grand Theft Auto 4" hits the streets to acclaim - 30, Apr 2008
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale on Tuesday, with fans lining up to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
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British team finds two genes for osteoporosis - 29, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British researchers have identified two common genetic mutations that increase the risk of osteoporosis and related bone fractures, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Mariah makes another road-trip flick - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seven years after making what is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever, Mariah Carey is back with another road-trip flick.
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Slumping CW needs parental help, edgier shows - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The CW is down 27% this year in its target demographic, adults aged 18 to 34.
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Legless lizard found in Brazil may be new species - 29, Apr 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a legless lizard, a toad and a dwarf woodpecker among 14 species believed to be new to science in central Brazil, a wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday.
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"Give Peace a Chance" lyrics up for sale - 29, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the hit song "Give Peace a Chance" will go under the hammer at auction in July and are expected to fetch 200-300,000 pounds ($400-600,000), Christie's said on Tuesday.
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Hollywood may not be able to handle hard times - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With "Iron Man" set to blast off Friday and jump-start the high-flying summer moviegoing season, Hollywood is tuning up to launch into a spirited chorus of "We're in the Money!"
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U.S. forces say kill 34 militants in Baghdad - 29, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces said they killed 34 militiamen in a Baghdad stronghold of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday in a series of clashes including one street battle that raged for four hours.
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China jails 30 for Tibetan riots - 29, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed 30 people for terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China protests across the globe ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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Everest torch silence breeds frustration - 29, Apr 2008
EVEREST BASE CAMP (Reuters) - Sub-zero temperatures and altitude sickness were bad enough, but a lack of information about just when a special Olympic flame would start up Mount Everest made journalists doubly miserable at Base Camp on Tuesday.
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Trial of former top Saddam aide Tareq Aziz starts - 29, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, the public face of Saddam Hussein's regime, went on trial on Tuesday over the execution of dozens of merchants who broke state price controls in 1992.
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Russia to examine Iran's nuclear ideas: report - 29, Apr 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Russia was quoted as saying on Tuesday it was ready to examine Iranian proposals to end a deadlock over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
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Baxter CEO: Heparin contamination seems deliberate - 29, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A contaminant in Baxter International Inc's recalled blood-thinner heparin appears to have been deliberately added, the company's chief executive said in testimony prepared for a congressional hearing on Tuesday examining imports of
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McCain pushes choice as health care fix - 29, Apr 2008
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain called on Tuesday for greater competition for health care coverage for Americans, saying more choices for insurance will drive down costs and improve the system.
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Tests show Austrian fathered daughter's children - 29, Apr 2008
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - DNA tests showed that Austrian Josef Fritzl, who raped his daughter and kept her prisoner in a windowless cellar for 24 years, was the father of her six surviving children, police said on Tuesday.
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Bush faults Congress for inaction on economic woes - 29, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday the U.S. economy was facing a "tough time" because of rising food and energy prices and a weak housing market, and faulted Congress for inaction.
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U.N. and World Bank say to tackle food crisis - 29, Apr 2008
BERNE (Reuters) - U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged on Tuesday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social unrest.
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Medco profit beats, but shares fall on outlook - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pharmacy benefit manager Medco Health Solutions Inc on Tuesday reported higher-than-expected earnings, helped by the use of generic drugs and medicines delivered by mail, but failed to raise its full-year profit outlook, sending shar
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McGraw-Hill profit falls 44 percent - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - McGraw-Hill Cos Inc said on Tuesday quarterly earnings fell 44 percent as business dropped at its Standard & Poor's ratings agency, which critics accuse of helping to inflate the credit bubble.
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Office Depot profit down but beats Street view - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Office Depot Inc posted a sharply lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as sales to small business owners fell but the results beat Wall Street's expectations and its shares rose as much as 13 percent.
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GMAC posts loss on mortgage woes - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Finance company GMAC said on Tuesday its first-quarter loss nearly doubled as more customers fell behind on mortgage payments, and warned that it might not be profitable until well into 2009, later than expected.
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Oil retreats to $116 as dollar rises - 29, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell more than $2 a barrel on Tuesday, retreating further from a record high hit a day before, as the dollar firmed and a strike ended at Britain's Grangemouth refinery.
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Stocks drop on consumer confidence, Merck - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks declined on Tuesday after news of a sharp drop in consumer confidence and regulators rejected a key new drug from Merck & Co Inc , a Dow component and a pharmaceuticals bellwether.
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Countrywide posts loss as bad loans soar - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp , the largest U.S. mortgage lender, posted a surprisingly large $893.1 million first-quarter loss on Tuesday, taking more than $3 billion of charges for write-downs and bad loans as the housing slump deepens
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Consumer confidence falls to 5-year low - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confidence among U.S. consumers fell to a five-year low in April as they confronted the grimmest jobs outlook since late 2004 and they expect inflation to rival the levels last seen in the early 1980s, the Conference Board said on Tue
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Merck hit hard by cholesterol drug rejection - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Confidence in Merck & Co's earnings prospects withered on Tuesday, along with its stock price, after U.S. regulators surprisingly rejected the drugmaker's treatment to raise levels of "good" HDL cholesterol.
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Grand Theft Auto launches to rave reviews - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
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Industry leaders join push for home media networks - 29, Apr 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chip and electronics makers Intel , Infineon , Texas Instruments and Panasonic have formed an alliance to promote home networks for movies, music and pictures using domestic wiring.
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Nepal on flu alert, tests poultry on India border - 29, Apr 2008
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal has issued a bird flu alert and is testing poultry along the border with India, where the virus rages despite the culling of tens of thousands of chickens since 2006, officials said.
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CBS to Britney Spears: Baby ... One more time - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For anyone wondering whether pop singer Britney Spears might soon return to prime-time television, the answer on Monday from CBS could be summed up in four words: "Baby ... One More Time."
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"Iron Man" flying into theaters Thursday - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The first big release of the lucrative summer moviegoing season will actually come out in the final four hours of the spring.
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Scott Weiland sentenced to 8 days in jail - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Scott Weiland, lead singer for the band Stone Temple Pilots, was sentenced on Monday to eight days in jail for drunken driving, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office said.
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Bryant helps Lakers sweep Denver - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant scored 31 points and added seven rebounds and six assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-101 victory over the Denver Nuggets and into the second round of the NBA playoffs on Monday.
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Flyers hold off Canadiens to take 2-1 series lead - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers scored a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final series.
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Chest injury sidelines Asafa Powell until late June - 29, Apr 2008
SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Jamaican 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell has withdrawn from all competition until late June so he can recover from a pulled chest muscle, his manager told Reuters on Monday.
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First for China as Wenbo reaches quarter-finals - 29, Apr 2008
SHEFFIELD, England (Reuters) - Qualifier Liang Wenbo became the first Chinese to reach the quarter-finals of the snooker world championship when he came through a tense deciding frame against Joe Swail to win 13-12 on Monday.
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Paulson says no interest in second stimulus plan - 29, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Monday that he was focused on getting economic stimulus payments to consumers quickly to boost the economy and had no interest in a second stimulus plan.
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Syrian reactor capacity was 1-2 weapons/year: CIA - 29, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspected Syrian reactor bombed by Israel had the capacity to produce enough nuclear material to fuel one to two weapons a year, CIA Director Michael Hayden said on Monday.
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Nepal deports U.S. Everest climber for Tibet banner - 29, Apr 2008
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal deported a U.S. national and banned him from climbing in the country for two years, after he was found carrying a pro-Tibet banner on an expedition to the Everest last week, an official said on Tuesday.
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Oil falls towards $118 from record-peak as eyes on Fed - 29, Apr 2008
PERTH (Reuters) - Oil eased towards $118 on Tuesday as focus turned to the dollar, after hitting a record a day ago on supply snags in Nigeria and Britain that have combined to shut nearly 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of Atlantic Basin output.
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Mortgage legend says price slump deeper than seems - 29, Apr 2008
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - The man credited with developing the financing of the modern U.S. mortgage industry says home values have fallen more than their listed prices suggest but they could hold steady with the help of a bill in Congress.
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Millionaires' appetite for stocks rising: study - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Millionaires view the U.S. economy as "very weak," but sense a resumption of growth in early 2009 and expect to buy stocks and real-estate in the latest indication that a recovery may be imminent, according to a study released on Tues
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Shares fall as Visa quarterly results rise - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc on Monday posted quarterly results that beat analysts' expectations, but the company's shares fell in after-market trading amid investor concern about how the economy would affect results.
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HBOS sets 4 billion stg rights issue - 29, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British bank HBOS unveiled a 4 billion pound ($7.9 billion) rights issue alongside plans to cut its dividend payout to cover additional writedowns on the value of toxic assets and to shore up its balance sheet.
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Clear Channel banks ask for delay in Texas trial - 29, Apr 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Clear Channel Communications Inc said a Texas court on Monday dismissed a request by a group of banks to delay a trial over the funding of the $20 billion buyout of the radio station operator.
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CinemaNow to offer movie orders via cell phone - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privately held digital entertainment provider CinemaNow said on Tuesday that U.S. consumers would be able to use their cell phones to view movie trailers and order full-length movies to watch on their home television or computer throu
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Market turmoil pushes Deutsche Bank into the red - 29, Apr 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank made its first quarterly loss in five years as the cost of the global financial crisis mounted for Germany's biggest bank.
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Take-Two shares up on rave reviews for GTA4 - 29, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Criminal action video game "Grand Theft Auto 4" won near-perfect praise in early reviews on Monday, boosting the shares of publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc as much as 3.4 percent ahead of the game's midnight launch.
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"Grand Theft Auto" launches to queues, rave reviews - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale early on Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to get the first copies of the criminal action video game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
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Prince reigns at California music festival - 29, Apr 2008
INDIO, California (Reuters) - Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters closed one of North America's leading music festivals on Sunday with a dazzling laser-and-props show, but the talk of the Southern California desert gathering was Prince, the Saturday h
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Pinched pipeline plagues Showtime - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Can Showtime survive on a diet of "Dexter," "The Tudors" and "Weeds?"
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Court told accused Uma Thurman stalker just "creepy" - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman for two years may have been creepy and obsessive but he did not break the law, his lawyer told a New York jury on Monday.
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Holocaust exhibit honors survivors' lives in Israel - 29, Apr 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Sixty years after the founding of Israel, a new exhibit at its national Holocaust memorial tells the stories of 90 survivors of the Nazi genocide who helped shape the Jewish state.
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Downey flies high in "Iron Man" - 29, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - You gotta love a middle-aged wreck as a superhero. Iron Man may not make the A-list of Marvel Comics' stable -- home to Spider-Man, X-Men and the Hulk -- but he may be the cinema superhero for the rest of us.
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Spoelstra takes over from Riley as Heat coach - 29, Apr 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Pat Riley stepped down as head coach of the Miami Heat on Monday after a league-worst 15-67 season.
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Wang's fifth consecutive win helps Yankees top Indians - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wang Chien-ming won his fifth consecutive game to pitch the New York Yankees to a 1-0 road victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.
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China train crash kills 70 and injures hundreds - 29, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two passenger trains collided in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds as carriages jumped the tracks and toppled into a ditch, state media said.
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Austrian admits 24-year abuse of captive daughter - 29, Apr 2008
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Austrian electrical engineer has confessed to holding his daughter captive in a secret, windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children by her, police said on Monday.
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Guantanamo prosecutor returns as defense witness - 29, Apr 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals was expected to appear as a defense witness on Monday, called in to testify that the tribunal process was too tainted to provide a fair tr
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Iran discusses "serious" nuclear ideas with Russia - 29, Apr 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran discussed with Russia on Monday its proposals to defuse a nuclear row with the West, which accuses Tehran of seeking to build atomic bombs.
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New Afghan U.N. envoy gets strong U.S. backing - 29, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new United Nations envoy to Afghanistan won strong U.S. support on Monday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pledged to work with the veteran diplomat in coordinating help for the turbulent country.
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Supreme Court upholds photo ID voting law - 29, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a tough state law requiring voters to show photo identification, a decision critics say could keep some blacks, poor people and other traditional Democratic supporters from voting in the November e
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U.N. agencies weigh response to food crisis - 29, Apr 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - Leading figures from the United Nations met in Switzerland on Monday to chart a solution to dramatic food price increases that have caused hunger, riots and hoarding in poor countries around the world.
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U.S. in big battles with Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad - 29, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed 45 Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad in fierce fighting that included a tank battle with dozens of gunmen who attacked a checkpoint under cover of a dust storm, military officials said on Monday.
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Buffett says recession may be worse than feared - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, the world's richest person, said on Monday the U.S. economy is in a recession that will be more severe than most people expect.
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Hartford 1st-quarter profit tumbles, cuts outlook - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hartford Financial Services Group Inc said on Monday that net income plunged more than 83 percent in the first quarter, in large part from losses on investments, including credit derivatives.
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Obama and Clinton will know when to quit: party chief - 29, Apr 2008
GRAHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will know when to pull out of the U.S. presidential race in order to unify the party for the general election, the chairman of the Democratic Party said on Monday.
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Mall reports may shed light on consumer health - 29, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The two largest U.S. shopping mall
operators are set to report quarterly results this week, and
investors are looking for them to shed some light on the
struggling U.S. consumer's ability to keep retailers going.
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